Author Bios

Adolf Hungry Wolf

Tribal Childhood
The Tipi
Traditional Dress
Legends Told by the Old People of Many Tribes
Blackfoot Craftworker’s Book
Pow-Wow Dancer’s and Craftworker’s Handbook
Mountain Home
Teachings of Nature
Indian Tribes of the Northern Rockies
Children of the Circle

Beatrice Culleton

Spirit of the White Bison

Jesse Hummingbird

Native American Ledger Art Coloring Book
Cherokee Masks
Pow Wow ABC Coloring Book
Cherokee Clothing Activity Book
Pow Wow Activity Book

Jesse T. Hummingbird, 3/4 Cherokee and tribal member of the Cherokee Nation, was born in 1952 in Tahlequah, OK. This Cherokee artist has won awards for his paintings at major shows across the country. He most recently won the best of division for painting at the Heard Museum Indian Market; second place in painting at the SW Arts Festival in Indio, CA.

Kelly Fournel

Native Women of Courage

Kelly Fournel is a writer and editor living in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Her father’s family is Manitoba Métis (Cree and French Canadian-their Cree surname is Star) and her great-grandfather was a middleman for the Hudson’s Bay Company. She currently works for the Director of the John M. Cuelenaere Public Library and enjoys life with her husband and their beloved fat cat. Great Women Leaders from our First Nations is her first book.

Stan Padilla

Deer Dancer
Chants and Prayers
Song of the Seven Herbs
Dream Feather
A Natural Education
Yaqui Coloring Book

Stan Padilla honors his Yaqui ancestors. He is immerse4d in traditional native learning and lifeways. Stan is a multi-media artist, educator and social activist who’s disciplines include drawing, painting, and silversmithing.
For many years he has worked to promote multi-cultural and cross-cultural exchange between people. He is currently an arts coordinator for a Chicano and Native American gallery in Northern California.

Tehanetorens – Ray Fadden

Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush
Legends of the Iroquois
Wampum Belts of the Iroquois
Roots of the Iroquois

Ray Fadden was a teacher and influential figure among the Mohawks of Akwesasne. He passed away in November 2008, at the age of 98.

Vincent Schilling

Vincent Schilling (St. Regis Mohawk),an award-winning author and a freelance photo-journalist,lives in Virginia Beach with his wife Delores. Together, they have traveled all over the country.

Vincent is a correspondent for Indian Country Today, a leading Native American news publication. He also has a column for Inside Business, a Hampton roads business magazine and has contributed to local and national publications such as Tribal College Journal, Arthritis Today, Children's Digest, The Virginian-Pilot and Tidewater Parent.

Warren Jefferson

Warren Jefferson is a research writer, photographer, and graphic designer for Book Publishing Co. Warren and his wife Barbara have four children and, are founding members of an intentional community called The Farm, dedicated to ecology, vegetarianism, natural childbirth, and nonviolence in Summertown, Tennessee. He has been a vegetarian since 1968.